Photo sharing site spam
September 4th, 2007 by Rebecca Herson | Category: Spam Favorites |
A new trick has emerged, with a 419 scam (those guys who try to woo you with free money, but really end up stealing your money) promoted through a photo sharing site - in this case Kodak EasyShare Gallery. It’s an easy way for these scammers to send email without being blocked, since blocking all Kodak EasyShare email would lead to vast numbers of false positives.
January 2nd, 2008 at 4:36 am
[...] while ago I wrote about how spammers can make use of the email a friend; functionality of photosharing sites to send spam. In reality, any web site that allows you to email someone else can be abused to send [...]